Morbid means having a fascination with or an interest in death, often to the point of being unhealthy. It can also refer to something that is unpleasant, unhappy, or depressing.
Usage examples
The morbid theme of the horror movie gave me nightmares for days.
His morbid fascination with crime led him to become a forensic psychologist.
The artist's painting captured the morbid beauty of decay and mortality.
The detective was disturbed by the morbid details of the crime scene.
She had a morbid fear of spiders and would scream whenever she saw one.
The morbid atmosphere of the abandoned house sent chills down my spine.
The book delves into the morbid history of the haunted asylum.
His morbid sense of humor made everyone uncomfortable, as he often joked about death.
The newspaper covered the morbid details of the murder, sensationalizing it for readership.
The cemetery's morbid silence added to the eerie feeling of the ghost stories being told.
Simple sports like Bowling work fine, but thinks like Tennis and Rock Climbing have kind of morbid curiosity in watching how frustrated you get over time. (mclazyj.com)
A sense of morbid curiosity might cause you to look behind you, but you'll be surely punished if you do. (droidgamers.com)
The supersensitiveness that continually is being hurt and, once hurt, irascibly cherishes a grudge; the bare nerve of self that waits only to be touched to writhe and, writhing, tingles with rancor toward the annoyer; the evil eye that watches with morbid fascination for slight and insult and, once insulted, finds happiness only in thoughts of getting even — all this is sheer egotism in its barest and most repulsive form. (religion-online.org)